Highways

Welcome to the Milton Keynes Council Highways pages.
The Council has a duty to maintain the Highway under Section 41 of the Highways Act.
In this area you can contact the Council to report damaged pavements or roads, find out about the winter maintenance policy and download a form to request licence permits.

The Council's Highways Services team operates from Synergy Park at Bleak Hall, and is responsible for the day to day maintenance of all public highway in the Borough of Milton Keynes.

Highway inspections, investigating complaints, carrying out remedial works, providing estimates for vehicle crossings, dealing with skips, scaffolding and hoarding licences, programming resurfacing/reconstruction work and dealing with highway emergencies are all part of the teams duties.

Where works are being undertaken on the highway, the Council always ensures that adequate protection is provided to maintain public safety. If these barriers are removed by vandals or become displaced, please contact the council by telephone: 01908 226699, complete this Report form or email the Councils Customer Contact Centre. If you see materials or tools being stolen or vandalised at roadworks, please contact Thames Valley Police on 0845 8 505 505.

Any other issues concerning roadworks or other highway maintenance can also be passed on to the Council by completing this Report form or emailing the Councils Customer Contact Centre.

Work to replace the kerbs and to reconstruct the path and vehicle crossings in areas of Water Eaton Road, Bletchley. is now complete. The Council ensured that local residents were kept informed and consulted at every stage.
Find out more about the consultation process by clicking here

Complaints about Utilities (Gas/Water/Electricity) digging up the highway. The Council can take issue with Utilities who do not conform to legislation. Find out more about opening the Highway by clicking here

Complaints about the highway (roads and footpaths) are investigated and treated on a priority basis. If a defect is investigated by staff and found to be urgent it will normally be dealt with within 24 hours, whilst others of a less urgent nature can be placed into the works programme to be completed at a later date. Click here to report a Pot Hole or Pavement Trip. If you have a problem with a road or footpath in an area of new development, please contact The Councils Adoption Engineer

Where a property has no vehicular access from the road, the resident may make an application to the Council for this work to be carried out Find out more about vehicle crossings over footpaths by clicking here

If any vegetation from a private property restricts pedestrians or is dangerous to vehicular traffic, action can be taken under the Highways Act 1980.
Find out more about landscape obstructions over the Highway by clicking here